Kovalskyi has not opened proceedings against Arakhamia for week, even though court ordered him to do so, - Shabunin

The case against Arakhamia: Kovalskyi is not complying with the court’s ruling

Acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalskyi has not opened a case against Davyd Arakhamia, the head of the "Servant of the People" faction, for a week now, despite a court order requiring him to do so.

Vitalii Shabunin, chairman of the board of the AntAC, reported this on Facebook, according to Censor.NET.

What is known?

"Acting Prosecutor General Kovalskyi has NOT been complying with the court’s decision to open proceedings against Arakhamia for a week now! The explanation is brilliant: the Prosecutor General’s Office ‘did not receive’ the ruling.

But the prosecutor from the Prosecutor General’s Office was personally present at the hearing on November 4 when the judge announced the ruling. He even asked the court to deny our request," the statement reads.

According to Shabunin, on November 9, the judge read the full text of the ruling, but the prosecutor did not attend the hearing.

"The ruling is not subject to appeal and takes effect immediately upon announcement. The full text is not required for its enforcement. But we at the AntAC are not proud people. Today we will send the Prosecutor General our copy of the ruling with the court’s seal: by post, email, and via a link. Just in case the internet is down at the Prosecutor General’s Office," added the AntAC chairman.

It was previously reported that the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) recently obtained court orders to collect biological samples from Davyd Arakhamia, an aide to the head of the "Servant of the People" parliamentary faction.
Investigative journalist Yurii Nikolov reported that NABU and SAPO may be preparing charges against Arakhamia.

Bribes for votes in the Rada

On 29 December, NABU and SAPO announced that five "Servant of the People" MPs were suspected of taking bribes for "necessary" votes.
According to the AntAC, the following were suspected: Yurii Kisel, Yevhen Pyvovarov, Ihor Nehulevskyi, Olha Savchenko, and Mykhailo Laba.
Earlier, the media reported that "servants of the people" were given envelopes with money in an office where NABU had installed wiretaps.
On 30 December 2025, a preventive measure was chosen for "servant of the people" Kisel.
On December 31, a restraint measure was also set for Pyvovarov, but what exactly the court ordered remains unknown.
On January 1, 2026, the High Anti-Corruption Court considered the issue of imposing a preventive measure on Olha Savchenko, a suspect and member of parliament from the "Servant of the People" party.
According to "Schemes," a total of nearly 36.7 million hryvnias in bail was posted for Savchenko and Pyvovarov.
The High Anti-Corruption Court ordered Acting Prosecutor General Anton Kovalskyi to open a case against Arakhamia.